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if you don't know, think of detroit. would you lend to detroit today? no, you wouldn't because you first want to find out what's going to happen to others who lend to detroit and then to much money and so we had to do with that. then there's the longer-term agenda. it has to do with potential growth. that speaks to education. it speaks to some really microstar that we should be doing and that right now, one of the problems about the fed leaning the center of attention come is it the first discussion away from all these other things. so everybody focus on the fed cup who should be the fed chairperson, et cetera, et cetera. this whole set of other things that needs to be more important for us, answer me for the next generation, that the whole narrative has been shifted away from. >> mohammad, the white house global economics, what types of new projects are you working on, ideas, perhaps for 2014? >> so, you have promoted me. okay, i'm very privileged to be chair of the council on global development. and the notion is very simple. is that part of securing
if you don't know, think of detroit. would you lend to detroit today? no, you wouldn't because you first want to find out what's going to happen to others who lend to detroit and then to much money and so we had to do with that. then there's the longer-term agenda. it has to do with potential growth. that speaks to education. it speaks to some really microstar that we should be doing and that right now, one of the problems about the fed leaning the center of attention come is it the first...
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>> joy. >> i'm joy from detroit. crazy and exaggerated. should be added to the list of what is happening with voter sup presentation. 5252% of blacks in michigan. [inaudible] they can't vote. they have no right to vote. that voter suppression. when you take away the right to vote, it's not just the voter id. it's terrible. it's taking away early voting is terrible. when anybody on this panel and anywhere else talks about voter suppression, you must know what is happening with the emergency -- it's straight up voter suppression added to the right to work business which is undercutting organized labor. in the state where uaw was founded and have been torn -- it's not just somebody's right to work. it's the right to work for nothing. right to work with no benefits and also tear down the union because they're the ones that help fund the progressive cat. it's an attack on the man in the white house. there's a plan being paid to take over black cities in louisiana doing the same thing in michigan. we will not have the kind of turnout we've had i
>> joy. >> i'm joy from detroit. crazy and exaggerated. should be added to the list of what is happening with voter sup presentation. 5252% of blacks in michigan. [inaudible] they can't vote. they have no right to vote. that voter suppression. when you take away the right to vote, it's not just the voter id. it's terrible. it's taking away early voting is terrible. when anybody on this panel and anywhere else talks about voter suppression, you must know what is happening with the...
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the nation of islam and other kinds of groups or had participated in some way in different riots like detroit riots somehow made their way to the hospital, and they were diagnosed with mental illness. and so, you know, that's not a huge surprise when we think about the ways that politics and the diagnosis of mental illness have gone together in this country. but i would say that the main myths that i look at, one i've already kind of suggested, is that this increased rate of schizophrenia was somehow the result of something to do with biology or genetics. of course, a lot of people were arguing that at the time. but what i found was that it was almost entirely a social phenomenon that was linked to a series of changes, and the two i'll just put forward, one was that people -- there was a lot of anxiety about the political moment, and people really were linking political protests at the time to insanity in ways that started to make sense to people. and the second was that the diagnosis of schizophrenia had changed in 1968, and the official diagnosis all of a sudden said anger, hostility and pr
the nation of islam and other kinds of groups or had participated in some way in different riots like detroit riots somehow made their way to the hospital, and they were diagnosed with mental illness. and so, you know, that's not a huge surprise when we think about the ways that politics and the diagnosis of mental illness have gone together in this country. but i would say that the main myths that i look at, one i've already kind of suggested, is that this increased rate of schizophrenia was...
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paul kuntzler was born in detroit, michigan, in 1941 and raised at grosse pointe there before moving to washington, d.c. in 1951, he was active with the michigan young democrats and the congress on racial he called it. he credits john f. kinney as a major influence on his political consciousness. iin december 19 city with a move to washington, d.c. just days before his 20th birthday. he attended both the northern virginia center of the university of virginia and george mason university. for 32 years he was on the senior staff of the national science speakers association as assistant executive director for advertising exhibits an exhibitor workshops. in 1962, he was elected to the board of directors of the society of washington, the districts first gay-rights group. on april 17, 1965, he was one of 10 people in the world's first gay-rights picket in front of the white house. he is also one of the founders of the gay and lesbian activists alliance. he has an incredible memory are displayed by his tendency to recall events not just by the day but down to the days of the week. [laughter]
paul kuntzler was born in detroit, michigan, in 1941 and raised at grosse pointe there before moving to washington, d.c. in 1951, he was active with the michigan young democrats and the congress on racial he called it. he credits john f. kinney as a major influence on his political consciousness. iin december 19 city with a move to washington, d.c. just days before his 20th birthday. he attended both the northern virginia center of the university of virginia and george mason university. for 32...
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Aug 30, 2013
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remember, they lost $6 billion in detroit. some of that was taxpayer insured money that they were playing with. i mean, how do you justify -- i'm sorry to get wound up, but all i can tell you is that i, you have my sympathy. i think it's good news that the housing market in arizona is coming back pretty well, thank god. i've always said it was the collapse of the housing market that started this and the recovery of the housing market is what will cause the recovery. so there's some good news out there for arizona's economy as for the housing is concerned. to you and i still know thousands and thousands of small business people in this state who are struggling mike lee, and still nearly half of the home loan mortgages are underwater. in other words, worth less than their mortgage. that cannot continue, in my view. these peoples mortgages have to be renegotiated. and that is what i suggested years ago. you want to respond real quick. >> [inaudible] >> they are taking place and the people are getting the council of the loan offic
remember, they lost $6 billion in detroit. some of that was taxpayer insured money that they were playing with. i mean, how do you justify -- i'm sorry to get wound up, but all i can tell you is that i, you have my sympathy. i think it's good news that the housing market in arizona is coming back pretty well, thank god. i've always said it was the collapse of the housing market that started this and the recovery of the housing market is what will cause the recovery. so there's some good news...
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it's like they want us to be detroit. you got no votes from the state. thank you, oklahoma. but we are paying for it. and he does an end run around everybody. what can we do to get oklahomans working, to get these things implemented without them sitting up there and saying, this is what you're going to do? instead of the people that run this country. >> gosh -- [applause] >> you know, i would tell you, don't blame it all on obama because there were uncontrolled bureaucracies under george bush. it goes back to the thing we kind of started out with. the federal government is out of control. but it has been predicted by all of the historians that the republic would fail. the question is, how do we teach history, go back, every embrace the thing that made america great? and as i said earlier, i think we have to get in charge. i have been working for nine years to try to make a big difference. i have made a small difference. i worked every day trying to do things. i am convinced the only way we do that is half the state start exerting their temporary authority and reassessing --
it's like they want us to be detroit. you got no votes from the state. thank you, oklahoma. but we are paying for it. and he does an end run around everybody. what can we do to get oklahomans working, to get these things implemented without them sitting up there and saying, this is what you're going to do? instead of the people that run this country. >> gosh -- [applause] >> you know, i would tell you, don't blame it all on obama because there were uncontrolled bureaucracies under...
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we've got a unit in detroit, michigan and is providing protection in a large number of individual small reserve units. you'll be happy to know that my standard quest today after i get done with this mess where do you remember the reserve officers association? and have you paid your dues? most of that get me a bit curious. and when i get done, i said in about nine hours i will be speaking to the reserve officers association and for a fact i pulled out my notebook and said i'm taking names. so the next few days, your membership committee is busier than usual. i'm going to take a little bit of credit for that. [applause] frankly, beyond that he no the more important reason i'm glad it's such an influential unengaged amount of leaders. i've got a great deal about dinesen about where we are in the campaign right now. there are challenges and i will address those, but we have a real opportunity to be successful. i am mindful that not everybody shares my optimism. i am sure most of you saw the recent poll that said 67% of americans believe the war in afghanistan has not been worth fighting. 43
we've got a unit in detroit, michigan and is providing protection in a large number of individual small reserve units. you'll be happy to know that my standard quest today after i get done with this mess where do you remember the reserve officers association? and have you paid your dues? most of that get me a bit curious. and when i get done, i said in about nine hours i will be speaking to the reserve officers association and for a fact i pulled out my notebook and said i'm taking names. so...
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>> detroit where you have this -- you have had this big field of candidates. just two contenders for a job that is -- you think it is very important right now. ultimately the election itself may be less important than what happens after. germany how much power the mayor will have when there is an emergency manager with sweeping authority for turning around. and houston, where a democratic mayor is running for a third term. a nonpartisan alexian but essentially a republican opponent. when she was elected it became the largest american city. so she's likely to win another term. national politics. it's worth keeping an eye on. >> the cover politics and policy in this era of budget deficits and tightening budgets here in washington. what can mayors expect from washington if anything when it comes to infrastructure, the nuts and bolts the mayor's need to provide to their respective cities? >> you talk to mayors out in the country and at party conventions. the u.s. conference of mayors meeting in d.c. really set up with just how little support they get from washingt
>> detroit where you have this -- you have had this big field of candidates. just two contenders for a job that is -- you think it is very important right now. ultimately the election itself may be less important than what happens after. germany how much power the mayor will have when there is an emergency manager with sweeping authority for turning around. and houston, where a democratic mayor is running for a third term. a nonpartisan alexian but essentially a republican opponent. when...
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eddy, i just mentioned he was the kid from detroit who was drafted. he had the virtue of writing to his wife every day while he was in the service. he ended up being sent to the 28th infantry division, deserted out immediately. was hanging out with the canada unit for awhile. he was court marble -- marbled. he refused the offer to basically have the sentence set aside if he would go back to combat. he said i'll desert again. his appeal came to eisenhower in 19 e at the darkest time. eisenhower was not in a forgiving mood. unfortunately for him, eisenhower affirmed the death sentence, and eisenhower said that his unit, the 28th division was to carry out the execution. i described how he is transported by mp, military policeman, were the 28th division was and firing squad was set up. i think he believed to the very end that he was going to be -- the sentence would be commuted. it was not. they shot him dead. the division commander was a guy named norm who was at omaha beach. the the worse of all the battle. he was in the battle of the bulge when shot to
eddy, i just mentioned he was the kid from detroit who was drafted. he had the virtue of writing to his wife every day while he was in the service. he ended up being sent to the 28th infantry division, deserted out immediately. was hanging out with the canada unit for awhile. he was court marble -- marbled. he refused the offer to basically have the sentence set aside if he would go back to combat. he said i'll desert again. his appeal came to eisenhower in 19 e at the darkest time. eisenhower...